On April 30, Wuhan Tianhe International Airport Terminal 2 commercial opened in Huangpi, which is the first entire airport terminal commercial resource operated by Avolta Group in the global market, marking the official entry of the world's largest travel retailer Avolta Group in Huangpi.
Li Zhonglu, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Hubei Airport Group, Jiang Tao, General Manager, He Jianwen, Secretary of the Huangpi District Party Committee and other leaders jointly opened the business of T2 Terminal.
With a total of about 19,000 square meters of commercial resources, the T2 terminal of Wuhan Tianhe International Airport is planned to set up a complex commercial area integrating catering, retail, leisure and entertainment, and convenient services, closely combining commercial services with terminal functions to meet the diversified needs of passengers such as dining, shopping and entertainment.
The Avolta Group is the world's largest travel retailer (renamed Avolta in November 2023), operating 5,500 outlets in 1,200 airports, highways, cruise lines, seaports, train stations and other stations around the world, serving 2.3 billion passengers in more than 75 countries and regions, establishing stable relationships with more than 1,500 internationally renowned brand suppliers, and has a market share of more than 20% in the global travel retail industry.
This time, Hubei Airport Group and Avolta Group established Hubei Airport Tianrui Commercial Development Co., Ltd. in the form of a Sino-foreign joint venture to jointly operate the commercial resources of T2 terminal. At present, it has attracted 69 commercial stores and 92 high-end brands. Many brands are the first stores in the airport, including the Michelin-starred restaurant Mango Tree, the first store in the world's airports, the first store in the new concept design of the world's airports, the first store in Central China Airport, the well-known convenience store brand Hudson in the United States, the international famous eyewear collection store Suncatcher, and the first Budweiser Brasserie in the national airport.
The overall operation of the commercial resources of the T2 terminal means that the operation mode of the "dual terminals" of Wuhan Tianhe International Airport will be fully opened, which will further open up the "global chain" of world commodity circulation, deeply integrate into the airport economy, and promote the integrated development of Huangpi's "port industry city".
Wuhan Tianhe International Airport is located in the Airport Economic Demonstration Zone of Huangpi District. In recent years, Huangpi, as the gateway of Wuhan Airport and a national-level all-for-one tourism demonstration zone, has given full play to the advantages of "Greater Hankou New Space", continuously improved the airport function, enhanced the carrying capacity of attracting, agglomerating and integrating domestic and foreign factor resources, continuously tapped the potential of "landing consumption" of visa-free passengers and transit passengers at the airport, and created a new model of full-format cultural tourism consumption integrating "food, housing, transportation, travel, shopping and entertainment", effectively meeting the diversified needs of tourists from all over the world, and helping Wuhan build an international consumption center city.